As time passed, their excitement grew.
Finally, when the trawl net was pulled back onto the boat, the two men's eyes lit up immediately.
Although this net yielded less than the previous one, it was still quite satisfying.
The majority of the fish were ribbonfish, along with quite a few mackerel, but unfortunately they were much smaller than the ones in the previous net; the largest one was only seventy or eighty centimeters long.
There were quite a few sea wolves, a dozen or so, and other creatures such as octopuses, squid, swimming crabs, mantis shrimp, and prawns were also scattered around.
Looking at the fresh catch, both of them smiled with joy.
"I see it's silvery-white, is it still a ribbonfish?" Ah-Can asked, sticking his head out of the driver's seat.
"We've really struck gold with the ribbonfish today; this net is mostly filled with ribbonfish," Feng Xuan said excitedly.
Ah-Can laughed heartily, "Then today's harvest is really great! We'll make a lot of money from this trip!"
"Yes, we're so lucky."
"If we can get similar results in the next day or two, we'll have almost made back the money we spent on the boat."
After tidying up the trawl net, Feng Ye said, "Stop chatting, A-Can, hurry up and get the boat moving, we're about to cast the last net."
It's almost 2 o'clock now, and they can only haul in one more net at most. They still have longline fishing to do, and it will take them quite a while to get back.
After setting the trawl net back into the sea, the two brothers busily sorted the catch, packed it into baskets, and then carried it into the cabin.
The afternoon sun was much harsher than the morning sun, and their clothes were soaked with sweat, but they were in an exceptionally good mood.
The last net was not pulled for the full three hours; it was pulled up after just over two hours.
To the surprise of the three, the net caught very few ribbonfish, either because they had been completely wiped out or because they had been disturbed and swam away.
Most of them are miscellaneous kinds of fish, shrimp and crabs, such as swimming crabs, mantis shrimps, prawns, octopuses, squid, croakers, and small yellow croakers.
The small yellow croaker looks very similar to the large yellow croaker, but it has a longer head, smaller eyes, larger scales, a short and wide caudal peduncle, and is smaller than the large yellow croaker.
This type of fish doesn't grow very big, usually only about half a pound.
The group wasn't too disappointed, after all, this net contained three or four hundred pounds of goods.
Before the two brothers had sorted out much cargo, Ah-Can shouted from the driver's seat, "Brother, stop sorting, let's load the longline fishing first."
Feng Ye hooked the buoy up, then pulled up the small anchor before starting to pull the main line back up.
Before he even saw the leader, he felt the vibration, and if nothing unexpected happened, he would have caught a fish on the first hook.
Soon after, the line was pulled to the leader, and a big fish finally revealed itself.
"A sea wolf, weighing about seven or eight pounds."
Feng Ye pulled the fish up with a hint of disgust.
The barracuda is cheap and quite ferocious; it's likely that it preyed on an unknown fish before getting hooked.
"It doesn't matter what kind of fish it is, it's good enough if it gets hooked."
Feng Xuan didn't mind at all and happily cut the thread with scissors.
Sea wolves are extremely ferocious fish with almost no natural enemies and fear no one.
Its upper and lower rows of teeth are extremely sharp; if you are bitten by one, you will lose at least a piece of flesh.
Therefore, when you catch a barracuda, you usually just cut the line.
If you want to remove the hook, you must kill it first.
Ah-chan turned off the engine and let the boat drift with the current. He ran out of the wheelhouse and immediately saw the sea wolf.
"Brother Ye, you're really lucky. You caught such a big sea wolf on your first hook."
"What's there to be happy about with sea wolves? They're worthless."
Feng Ye pursed his lips and continued to reel in the second hook.
The hook was light and unsurprisingly empty; the hook was completely bare, even the bait was gone.
On the third hook, another fish was caught. When pulled out of the water, it turned out to be a black sea bream weighing about two pounds.
Feng Ye was very dissatisfied; there wasn't a single high-end item among them.
Black sea bream actually tastes delicious and is very popular.
However, black sea bream is a shallow-sea fish, which is relatively easy to catch and has a large yield, so its price has never been high.
This black sea bream isn't worth as much as that big sea wolf we just saw.
The next 10 or 20 hooks were either empty or caught mackerel and sea bass, which made Feng Ye almost lose confidence.
Fortunately, the next hook brought him a big surprise.
"Ah-Can, hurry up and get the net."
Seeing the pale blue spots appearing on the water's surface, he instantly beamed and called out eagerly.
"Did I win a good item?"
Ah Can asked a question, picked up the net, and quickly went to Feng Ye's side.
What kind of fish is this?
When he saw the fish that had been hooked, he was a little dumbfounded; he didn't recognize it.
Feng Xuan was surprised and couldn't help but look up.
What rare item did Ah-Can win that he doesn't recognize it?
Feng Ye said with a smug look, "Blue melon seed spots, these are really rare."
Ah-Can paused in his hand as he scooped the fish: "This is the blue grouper?"
Upon hearing this, Feng Xuan's face lit up with surprise.
They had only heard of the blue melon seed spot, but had never seen it.
This thing is so rare that very few people have ever caught it.
They only catch one or two at a time, and they are very expensive.
The three of them were even happier when Ah-Can copied it down.
This blue-spotted catfish weighs about seven pounds.
Its size is similar to the red snapper that Feng Ye caught before. Its body color is mostly light blue to cyan, and its whole body is covered with round or irregular blue-black spots.
Its most distinctive feature is that the tips of its dorsal and caudal fins are both black.
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